How To: Check Your Brake Pads

Want to ensure that your car is running at optimal efficiency? One of the
things you want to do — for vehicle performance and for the safety
of you, your family, and others on the road — is regularly check
your brake pads.

Checking your brake pads is relatively easy depending on how in depth you
want to get, but it’s an important step to take in order to ensure
they are working correctly.

Checking Through the Wheel

In the simplest possible form, looking through the wheel can often give
you an idea of how thin a brake pad is, but it’s not the most efficient
or surefire way to determine if it needs to be changed. If you look through
the wheel an see that the brake pad is thinner than ¼”, it’s
time to replace them.

Removing the Wheel

In some cases, it’s best to remove the wheel completely and check
the pads. Removing the wheel gives you an even better idea of pad thickness,
helping you make a decision regarding whether or not to replace the pads.
This will also let you check the rotors to determine if there has been
any damage done due to worn brake pads.

What to Look For

Aside from the wear and thickness on the brake pad, look for grooves on
the rotors that may indicate the wear is causing even more problems. The
brake pads should be changed regularly, especially when you start hearing
grinding or squealing sounds.

If there is any indication that your brake pads are bad, you should work
quickly to get them replaced. Leaving them too long can result in serious
safety risks that you don’t want to deal with. It can even lead
to a serious accident.

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who have not properly maintained their vehicles. You can count on us to
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